Table 2 Significant associations between independent and dependant variables (top reasons to NOT submit to the RVL). Independent variables included in the models were enterprise type, herd owner or not, sex, age (categorised into < 40 years, 40–65 years and >  65 years), and above/below median stock number. Respondents were asked to pick their top three reasons why they would not submit; however, a number of respondents ranked all answer options from 1 to 12. Therefore answers were categorised into being selected as a top 3 reason or not

Independent Variable

  Larger stock number vs. smaller stock number

0.5

0.001

0.3, 0.7

   < 40 years vs. >  65 years

2.3

0.001

1.4, 3.7

  40–65 years vs. >  65 years

2.1

0.001

1.4, 3.1

  Larger stock number vs. smaller stock number

2.0

< 0.001

1.4, 2.7

   < 40 years vs. > 65 years

2.3

0.026

1.1, 4.6

  Beef only vs. Dairy only

3.2

0.001

1.6, 6.3

  Sheep Mixed vs. Dairy only

3.0

0.002

1.5, 6.2

  Sheep only vs. Dairy only

5.6

< 0.001

2.6, 12.1

  Sheep mixed vs. Dairy only

2.1

0.001

1.4, 3.1

  Sheep only vs. Dairy only

2.7

< 0.001

1.6, 4.6

  Dairy only vs. Beef only

1.6

0.035

1.0, 2.6

  Dairy and beef vs. Beef only

1.8

0.014

1.1, 2.8

  Larger stock number vs. smaller stock number

1.4

0.026

1.0, 1.6

  Dairy only vs. Sheep

2.4

0.002

1.4, 4.2

  Beef only vs. sheep only

2.5

0.004

1.3, 3.9

  Dairy and beef vs. sheep

2.5

0.001

1.5, 4.3

   > 65 years vs. < 40 years

2.7

0.010

1.3, 5.9